အရိုး
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Burmese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]အ- (a.-) + ရိုး (rui:, “bone”), the latter from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *rus.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Phonetic respelling: အ'ရိုး
- IPA(key): /ʔəjó/
- Romanization: MLCTS: a.rui: • ALA-LC: ʼaruiʺ • BGN/PCGN: ăyo: • Okell: ăyoù
Noun
[edit]အရိုး • (a.rui:)
- (anatomy) bone
- lineage, pedigree
- 1962, Hla Pe, Burmese Proverbs, London: John Murray, pp. 18 and 90:
- cɛʔhmɑ ə`yo luhmɑ ə`myo
- conventional orthography: ကြက်မှာ အရိုး လူမှာ အမျိုး။
- krakhma a.rui: luhma a.myui:||
- With fowls, the pedigree; with men, breeding.
- conventional orthography:
- 1962, Hla Pe, Burmese Proverbs, London: John Murray, pp. 18 and 90:
References
[edit]- “အရိုး” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.